Emergency responders at the scene of Loto Quebec Wednesday, June 6, 2012 in Montreal. Police are investigating suspicious envelopes containing white powder that have turned up at nine different locations across the city, including Quebec-government-related offices and two buildings occupied by the the Quebecor media group. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz | CP

MONTREAL - A dozen more suspicious packages containing a non-harmful white powder arrived at political and media offices across Quebec on Thursday, adding to the nearly two dozen received the previous day.

Police said that once again, provincial politicians were targets as well as media organizations in a half-dozen Quebec cities. The powder was not dangerous.

Police said 12 new envelopes arrived Thursday, some with notes signed by a group calling itself the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Quebec.

On Wednesday, nearly two dozen suspicious letters were sent to Quebec media and political targets, including the riding office of Premier Jean Charest.

Provincial police said the name of the organization being cited closely resembled that of a 1960s group with ties to the Front de liberation du Quebec, a defunct terrorist group commonly known as the FLQ.

One of the packages received this week was confirmed to be baking soda — although police said they were still testing the others.

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Policy Options magazine asked 30 historians, political scientists, economists, journalists and policy advisers from across Canada to pick their top five choices for best provincial premier since 1972. Here are the answers. (CP)

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McKenna served as premier of New Brunswick from 1987 to 1997. (CP)

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Davis served as premier of Ontario from 1971 - 1985. (CP)

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